Joan 1

In the Philippines I heard another pronounciation, Jo-ahn.

My friend has this name, and I've always liked it. She pronounced it more like 'own' with a 'j' on the front.

My mother was born in 1904 and completed school in the 6th grade. She and my father (born 1900) always pronounced my middle name, Joan, as "JoAnn." (The emphasis was on the "An.")

This name isn't pronounced JON, it's pronounced JOWN, "O" as in "Older".